Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-05
IDLENESS ON THE PIERS.
NO CHANGE IN THE STRIKE
SITUATION AT GOTHAM.

NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-There was a slight
| Improvement in the condition OF affairs
on the river fronts this morning. The
steamship companies were slowly re-
covering from the stagnatons TO business
! that the strike at first caused, and were
moving freight with more dispatch than
on any OF the past four or five days. No
where was this more noticeable than on
| the East river front. Steamers were
being got away on their regular sailing
days, and the freight lines were once
more receiving and delivering goods. In
most cases work on the steamer piers was
being done by green men and on the
freight lines by the deck hands OF freight
| boats.
TRAMP STEAMERS.
Tramp steamers were being discharged
and loaded by their own crews assisted
| by Italian or other non-uniOn labor.
! The Ward line steamer Cieniuegos sailed
with full cargo slowed away by green
| hands. 1t was not believed that there
| would be any danger to the vessel arising
from the shifting of her cargo as she
strikes the heavy breakers off Hatteras,
as the work was done under the super
vision of the old foreman.
lub SISdu6l wa DtIuR lOdutu
to-day and will be ready TO sail on time
tomorrow. There were about twenty old
hands at work on this dock. They were
| given an advance of 40c. for day work and
60c. for night work.
At the Bristol line dock the steamer
Warwick was DISCHARGED with her own
| crew and fifty Italians. The regular men
did not put in an appearance when the
boat arrived.
Of = hO
at her dock. W hen she will be ready to
sail no one can tell, but an effort Will be
made to get her cargo in by tomorrow.
The CITY of San Antonio and Lampasas
are also docked waitn< to be discharged.
GROWING IN BROOKLYN.
The strike is growing in Brooklyn. The
coal cart drivers and shOveleTs In the
yards along the GOWanus canal struck
to-day.
Tine weighers' helpers have returned to
work since their pay WAS increased,
Police are guarding nOn-union Italians
and others working along the shore.
There are big piles of freight on the
pier and long lines of trucks outside.
Very little freight was offered at the
Hartford freight line pier, No. p, but
there was plenty OF work for the green
bands to do to reduce the stock of freight
outside the dock on the street.
At the New Haven line pier, No. %
there were many cOOred men at work on
the dock. They were mostly deck hands
off boats. Freight was being received,
but in smaller quantities than usual.
The Baltimore and Ohio Continental
| line pier was open, but there were no
| men at work.
At the Clyde Steamship Company's
| dock the Seminole was being discharged. =.
| The men were chiefly Italians and He
| brews. They made but slow progress.
! These men are lodged and boarded on the
Gulf Stream, which mas been laid up for
| some time.
THE LONG ISLAND FREIGHT DEPOT.
The Long Island railroad freight depot
| pier, No. %, was blocked with freight aud
had large force of men a work.
| The Bridgeport steamship Company,
at pier No. 50, had all the freight it could
handle. In consequence of the shut
down on the New Haven line much more
freight has been received here. TIE
freight handlers are all regular men and
are paid fixed wages. No trouble has
been had or is anticipated here.
The Clyde daily Philadelphia line, at
pier No. 33, opened up this morning, but
very little freight was offered. Only
few men were at work. The men on the
pier of the New England line, who turn
ed out yesterday, refused TO 90 back this
morning unless their demands were
complied with.
The Red ''D" line steamer Caracas
was being loaded by nOn-union men.
AID PROMISED.
At the headquarters OF the Ocean As
sociation to-day it was said that Smith IL
Mcneil had agreed to supply quantity
Of provisions for the families of the
strikers. and that many landlords had
agreed not 10 press them for rent. Sup
plies were offered also by butchers and
bakers. The strikers on the pier of the
New Haven and Hartford railroad. East
river, were to-day admitted into the
union. This makes over 400 admitted
this week.
The caIkers and joiners at work re-
pairing the GuyandOtte. the Old Dominion
line steamer that was damaged by the
explosion of the Internal machine, struck
to-day out of sympathy with the freight
haudlers. Their places will be filled to-
morrow by nOn-union men.
The coOpers employed along the piers
with the millwrights joined the strike to-
day.
The painters and mechanics on the
Guion line struck to-day.
The Old Dominion line people eX-
perience great difficulty in loading. They
cannot tell when the GuvandOtte or any
other vessel will be ready to sail.
JERSEY CITY's RIOTERS.
JERSEY CITY, n. j., Feb. 4.-Sergt.
Heath, OF the Grove street police station,
at nOon to-day arrested JOhn ONeii and
james DOnelsou, freight handlers, for in
citing riot. They are recognized by the
police as the rinEleaders OF last nights
trouble. More arrests are expected. A
large crowd Of striking lOngshoremen and
freight handlers were assembled today
at the corner Of Provost street and Pa
vonia avenue. Chief Murphy had large
squad OF policemen held in readiness 10
move at "A moments notice. Special oni-
GERS and Capt. Mckay, with squad Of
policemen, are protecting the yards. one
hundred more special officers were sworn
in to-day by City Clerk Scout 10 protect
the Erie yards.
THE ERIE YARDS REVISITED.
The strikers revisited the Erie yards
again at 3 O'Clock this morning, and drove
the switcbmen and brakemen out. As
soon Ss the strikers left the men returned.
This morning there were about 300
Italians working on the docks and dozen
men in tho Erie freight station. The
brakemen and switchmen employed IN the
Erie yards mad a conference this morning
and deliberated about joining the strikers.
Tne midnight express on the Pennsyl-
vauia railroad brought 17j Italians last
night from Philadelphia and Cincinnati